Service & Spirituality
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In this together
For folks retired but not at rest, Companions in Ignatian Service and Spirituality offers a way to do and be more.
Spring/Summer 2013
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The Gamble
With his background in marketing and organizational behavior, can Fr. Max Oliva ’61 teach business ethics to the Vegas Strip?
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Why Pope Francis is different, and why a Jesuit pope is rare
SCU Chancellor William Rewak, S.J., looks at how the simplicity and humility of Francis I makes him both a unique pope and a common Jesuit.
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What it means for one of my brothers to become pope
Why is it hard to imagine a Jesuit could be pope? Author and editor James Martin, S.J., offers his take.
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You are here now
The places we pray, near and far, past and present.
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Is Pope Benedict's Twitter pilgrimage ministry?
New media and religion scholar Elizabeth Drescher asks whether the Pope on Twitter really represents a digital ministry. Should it?
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Politics and the ethics of dialogue
Michael McCarthy, S.J., suggests open use of scripture from all sacred texts may be the key to overcoming divisiveness in public discourse.
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Shine a light
Eight hundred years ago, Clare of Assisi traded a life of privilege for one of religious devotion. This year the University celebrates this woman and saint, whose name it bears.
Summer 2012
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A new dean for the Jesuit School of Theology
Thomas Massaro, S.J., has been welcomed as the new dean for JST.
Summer 2012
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Kenya to the Breakers
An SCU student straps on running shoes for a good cause.
Spring/Summer 2013
Table of contents
Features
Walk Across California
An epic journey whereby one foot is put in front of the other to discover, up close and personal, who and what and where is the Golden State.
Miller's Tale
To tell the story of Bob Miller ’67 is to tell the coming-of-age tale of Las Vegas itself. And it’s the chronicle of a man who served a decade as governor of Nevada. Quite a journey for the son of an illegal bookie from Chicago.
Blood. Sweat. Tears. Repeat.
Nina Acosta '82 was a tough enough cop to pass the test for the LAPD’s SWAT team. Then she learned the hard way about gender discrimination. So how did she do on Survivor?
Mission Matters
When justice is kidnapped
The 2013 Alexander Law Prize honors Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese civil-rights activist and attorney who protested government abuses—including excessive enforcement of the one-child policy—then escaped house arrest to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.
Double trouble
Growing up tennis with Kelly Lamble ’13 and John Lamble ’13. And Bronco teams that are a force to be reckoned with nationally.
Keep the door open
For teaching and advising and a ministry that’s blessed this place for 48 years—paying tribute to Charles Phipps, S.J.

